Best PlacesGlen Cove, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Cove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glen Cove ranks 35,150th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Cove
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Glen Cove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Cove ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 154 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Glen Cove ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Cove
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Cove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,143, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Glen Cove's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glen Cove
Glen Cove runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Cove.
Who works in Glen Cove, and how
Work in Glen Cove centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Glen Cove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Cove.
What the weather is like in Glen Cove, month by month
Glen Cove sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Glen Cove
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Cove
Schools across Glen Cove average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Winters ElC− · 30% proficient
- Coleman ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coleman J HB− · 42% proficient
- Winters J HD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Coleman H SB · 47% proficient
- Winters H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Cove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Cove measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Glen Cove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Cove
Is Glen Cove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Cove ranks 35,150th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Cove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,159. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $62,143 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Glen Cove safe?
Glen Cove is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Cove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Cove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Cove represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Glen Cove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Cove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Cove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Cove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Cove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Cove detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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